Setting Standards for Greatness and Immortality

[marcus]

Some of the criteria seems flawed  - Bernadini  doesn\'t merit the \"greatness\" status - with me or racing fans in general . . . if a horse like Berni gets in , then the door is open for too many other ( perhaps non-deserving ) Horses .  

Running a great race or two should not IMO necessarily mean to install a \"great horse\" status - with some exceptions like a Da Hoss for instance or Sarava and Go And Go, but definitely not Bernardini . The Preakness and Belmont should be viewed on a sliding scale of being less of importance than the Kentucky Derby  .

Also - The greatness committee membership should be expanded to include bobphilo , who - is extremely knowledgeable about the game and it\'s history , plus will keep many of you honest ...

[Chuckles_the_Clown2]

Silver Charm is laboring under the assumption that he is a nominated or accepted member to the Hall of Greatness Committee.

The fact is that Street Sense has been a good horse at Churchill Downs and Churchill Downs only. Away from his preferred strip hes been merely another hard trying horse. Certainly NOT a great one.

Rags on the other hand violated Cardinal 5 of the originating tenets. Rags, ambushed the Triple Crown field when they were already banged up from participating in the entire series.

If Rags is to be considered great the committee will make that determination either at the end of this year or next, but to be considered at all she will have to run the table on her division in the interim. If she can\'t beat her own sex from here in, obviously the Belmont was a freak race won in about a TFig of 3.

Silver Charm Wrote:
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> Street Sense won the BC Juvy and the Derby, the
> only horse to ever do so. Rags to Riches won the
> Belmont, the first Filly in 100 years to do so.
> This makes both of them, at a minimum, Great
> Horses by todays standards.
>
> I didn\'t set the bar that is just where it has
> been placed. At a level where it is not that
> difficult to jump over.
>
> A couple of cruising Grade I wins, a win in a TC
> race or the BC Classic or Dubai, or any two of the
> three, and you are instantly a Great Horse.
>
> Street Sense and Rags to Riches should actually
> retire NOW. While they are still at the Immortal
> level...........